Bananas — Food in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Bananas — Food was 566 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Food in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — food in Southern Africa is 566 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 14.8% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — food in Southern Africa peaked at 664 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 358 1000 t, in 2016.
That places Southern Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Bananas — Food in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 420 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 419 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 363 1000 t | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 387 1000 t | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 430 1000 t | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 424 1000 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 358 1000 t | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 423 1000 t | +18.2% |
| 2018 | 557 1000 t | +31.7% |
| 2019 | 522 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 433 1000 t | -17.0% |
| 2021 | 480 1000 t | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 664 1000 t | +38.3% |
| 2023 | 566 1000 t | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 430.3 1000 t | 358 1000 t | 557 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 535.75 1000 t | 433 1000 t | 664 1000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — food in Southern Africa?
- Bananas — food in Southern Africa was 566 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — food recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 664 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — food recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 358 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Southern Africa rank for bananas — food?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is bananas — food rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.